开杂货铺

Traditional (Taiwan): 開雜貨鋪

kāizáhuòpù ㄎㄞ ㄗㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄆㄨˋ

    • messy jumble of many things
    • person with broad knowledge (humorous)

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Saying俗语俗語

Idiom惯用语 · Rarely used now

Literally
run a general store
Meaning
Said of something that is a messy jumble of many kinds of things, or humorously of a person with broad knowledge. Close to "a jumble shop" in the first sense.

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